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Since late August, I have been training our dogs to have them ready for your tour with Dogsled Express. Why do we start so early you ask? The obvious answer is, “To get them in tour condition”, which includes cardio work and also building muscle mass. After we build up their muscles, we start to […]

Lesson #2…… Keep it fun When I started training our sled dogs to race, I would hook up the dogs and run them, bring them home panting and tired, thinking we had a good run. Wrong! After a couple of seasons of not reaching the finish line at distance races, I sarted to re-evaluate my […]

Recently Dr. Arleigh Reynolds, (the top ranked team in the open dog sprints) internationally know as one of the top experts on dog training and nutrition was here visiting in northern CA and stayed for a couple of days with us. During one of our many dog discusions, Arleigh mentioned that he talks at many conventions around the country and […]

16 Dog Team Heading Down the Driveway After 20 Miles (two dogs in wheel, out of picture) The other day I hooked up a 16 dog team to the ATV for the first time. Everything was going well until after I hooked the 14th dog into the lines. As I headed for dog 15 I heard a strange […]

Fall, one of my favorite seasons of the year. Training started back in August but he temperatures are finally dropping to where you can get some serious runs in. I don’t like to train the dogs when the combination of both the temp. and humidity add up to over 120. We start training when the temps […]

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“Song of the Runners” book by Pat Campbell

“Song of the Runners” is based on an actual 220 mile sled dog race. A unique insight of the thoughts and emotions that both man and dogs share while out on the trail. The story is written in the voices of Pat, (dog driver) and Casper, (lead dog). What starts out as a simple story about a dog sled race, soon becomes something much more. To order the book go to Amazon,com books. For your Kindle just go to Kindle.com and for your smart phone, i-pad and computer go to Createspace apps. For your personalized, signed copy, directly send us a check or money order to Pat Campbell. PO BOX 452 Etna, CA. 96014
The book is now available throughout Siskiyou County at the "Book Village" in Mount Shasta, "Scott Valley Feed" in both Yreka and Scott Valley, the "Etna Hardware Store" and the "Callahan Emporium"